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Delta Airlines announced earnings today. It's the first of the big three to do so. And things at Delta are fine. Not great, just fine. The airline reported lower than expected revenue but big earnings numbers.

Delta saved more than $700 million on fuel over last year, but it also paid its employees more. To save money, it’s talking about reducing the number of scheduled flights. Michael Boyd, president of Boyd Group International, said he doesn't see where those schedule cuts are going to come from.

Doctors at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth are used to treating cases of abuse. Dyann Daley, a pediatric anesthesiologist at Cook Children’s, remembers a tiny toddler who had been kicked by his father in the stomach. “We didn’t know exactly what the injury was when he came into the operating room," she said. "But he had come into the hospital awake.”

The federal government has invested more than $30 billion in electronic medical records. The idea is that these records will let doctors and hospitals improve patient care – and potentially lower costs – by tracking all the treatment a person receives.

On today's show, we'll talk about possible sanctions against Theranos; the U.S. government's frustration with inaccurate electronic medical records; and how residents in Carolina, Puerto Rico are dealing with the territory's debt crisis.

A new study says tax preparation companies are taking advantage of low- and moderate-income people who receive the Earned Income Tax Credit. The popular program shaves the tax bills of nearly 28 million Americans, but Progressive Policy Institute researchers say an alarming amount of the refund money winds up in the hands of tax preparers.

Ford has announced ambitious plans to renovate its historic headquarters and R&D hub in Dearborn, Michigan, near Detroit. The company hasn’t revealed a price tag, but it’s estimated to be in the billions of dollars over the next decade.

Beverly Cleary turns 100 years old today. The award-winning author created the iconic characters Ramona Quimby, her sister Beezus, Henry Huggins, and of course, Ralph S. Mouse. More than half a century after her first book was published, sales are still strong, with more than 90 million books sold and counting.

The numbers tell a story of their own: three generations of readers, in 14 languages and 20 countries. Her first book, "Henry Huggins," was published in 1950. Her last book, "Ramona’s World," was published in 1999. That’s almost a book a year, every year, for 50 years.

The bond market may seem like an unlikely place to find racism at work. But a new report suggests that discrimination may play a role in higher borrowing costs for historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs.

When you think about what makes a TV show or movie really expensive, you probably think big stars, crazy special effects and exotic locations. And they do add up. But there’s another cost that most audiences probably aren’t even aware of: music.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez is trying to improve living conditions for the American people.

The U.S. Department of Labor released new rules this week to encourage financial advisers, especially stock brokers working on commission, to put the client's interest first when it comes to retirement money. And when it comes to the job market, Perez wants companies to put their employees' interests first.

One of the more intriguing stories to come out of the Panama Papers leak was of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, who used a shell company to hide hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of art. That had us wondering, how does art get hidden?

Foreign ministers from the G7 countries will meet in Japan on Sunday and Monday. They’re expected to discuss a proposal to combat terrorism that would require countries to share airline passenger data.

The idea is simple. It's an agreement among the G7 countries – the U.S., Japan, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Canada — in which they'll have to exchange data that includes itineraries and personal information in an effort to track suspected terrorists.

The fallout from the Panama Papers — those millions of documents leaked from the law firm Mossack Fonseca — has been fast and far reaching, touching politicians, actors, and other high-profile individuals from around the world.

It has also focused attention on the years-long debate over whether and how to crack down on shell companies in the U.S.

Why do Ugg boots have so much staying power? Legend holds the Ugg’s style dates back to the crude sheepskin boots Australian surfers started wearing decades ago. Then celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Pamela Anderson took the boxy boot to global fame. But flash-forward to today and everyone from Rihanna to Kendall Jenner are still sporting a pair.

Although most Americans have not heard of the Bechtel Corporation, the company is responsible for several notable infrastructure projects across the United States including the Colorado River's Hoover Dam and Boston's Big Dig.

In her new book "The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World", author Sally Denton profiles five generations of men within the Bechtel family that turned the organization into one of the largest privately-held companies in the U.S.

On today's show, we'll talk about interest rate hikes; chat with the CEO of Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio, about cause-and-effect relationships in economics; and a new "no-click" app from Domino's.

The U.S. International Trade Commission will investigate the role of China and other big metal producers around the world in driving overproduction, which has contributed to dramatic price declines for aluminum on global markets.

Weak prices and intense foreign competition have in turn led to a wave of smelter shutdowns and layoffs in the U.S. aluminum industry.

A task force aimed at preventing Philadelphia from going bankrupt has urged the city’s mayor to figure out how to deal with its almost $6 billion pension deficit. Philadelphia hasn't been or isn't the only region in the country dealing with this issue, though.

Detroit was the poster child of cities running out of money. In 2013, the city filed for bankruptcy after accumulating $18 billion of debt. The pension program was said to account for a sixth of that total.

Domino's Pizza has a new app out called Zero Click. As the name suggests, the app lets you order a pizza without a single click.

The Zero Click app, available on Android devices and iPhones, requires customers to do nothing more than start the app to order a pizza. The system is almost completely automated.

When first downloaded, the app prompts the user to input their information and save their favorite pizza. From then on, every time you open up the app, it'll automatically place an order for that favorite pizza after a 10-second grace period.